They put mirrors on vehicles for a reason

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by drvrtech77, Feb 7, 2023.

  1. Val_Caldera

    Val_Caldera Road Train Member

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    Watching the video, I was waiting for the ZERO van driver to cut off the on coming Parking Lot, which wooda bin Not One Pleasant Experience.
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    The only issue I would have with not escalating and walking away would be reading about the people he killed down the road. For me that’s something worth fighting for!


    Maybe a little insight onto this might help.

    If you ever had to see your wife in an emergency room after being hammered by a tractor trailer and not being able to even recognize her while standing right in front of her. Think hard how would you look at those that do the exact thing that put her in that hospital on purpose, without hesitation, and were so arrogant about it they demand you just accept it?

    It’s been years now, corrective surgeries, long rehabilitation, lots of money and time and she still has long term damage that will never be able to be overcome due to the massive head trauma she suffered. It still brings tears to my eyes just thinking about even to write this post.

    So understand the wrath of years of pent up frustration would be more than I could hold back even if I wanted to.
     
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    And I'll bet he wasn't quick about it either.
     
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    When I was in CDL school my instructor would hold his clipboard up against the passenger windows the student driver couldn’t see the mirror and start a stopwatch

    he wanted you to check the mirrors every 7 seconds .

    He would knock points off of your class test score

    he would wait until a incoming car passed and the ask what color it was .
    And you’d better have remembered it
     
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